Offensive performance in terms of the spirit of challenge and some physiological variables and physical and motor abilities of junior basketball players

Abstract

Developing a measure of the spirit of challenge for junior basketball players, understanding the offensive performance, the spirit of challenge, some physiological variables, and physical and motor abilities of junior basketball players, understanding the relationship between offensive performance, the spirit of challenge, some physiological variables, and physical and motor abilities of junior basketball players, and predicting offensive performance based on the spirit of challenge, some physiological variables, and physical and motor abilities of junior basketball players. Due to the nature of the subject, the survey method, correlational relationships and prediction studies were used in the descriptive approach, and basketball players were identified as the research community. The study determined the players of the Iraqi Junior Basketball League, numbering (10) clubs, with (12) players from each club, with a total of (120) players for the 2023-2024 sports season. The sample for constructing the challenge spirit scale included (100) players, at a rate of (83.33%), and (10) players for the survey, at a rate of (8.33%). The application sample amounted to (48) players, at a rate of (40%). The scientific steps were followed to construct the challenge spirit scale, and the offensive performance tests, physiological variables and abilities were determined. To conduct relationships and extract the regression equation, physical and motor tests were applied to a sample of forty-eight players. Some of the results of the study are as follows: The possibility of predicting offensive performance in terms of the challenge spirit, some physiological variables, and physical and motor abilities of junior basketball players, and the existence of a relationship between Offensive performance and these factors, and the relationship between offensive performance and these factors. The study presented some of the following recommendations and conclusions: In the spirit of offensive performance tests and offensive performance tests